Word: finall
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Last December a state superior court ruled that the paintings could be taken down. But house speaker Joseph King believes the artwork deserves one more chance to win over the public. The murals will go on display until Sept. 29, when a final decision will be made about their fate...
Some five hours passed before there was another, successful attempt to deliver the body to its final resting place, this time encased in a metal coffin. Again arms flailed and chants of "Death to America!" filled the air as the helicopter touched down. Although barricades held most of the crowd at bay, the Guards were forced to make a frantic push past the outstretched hands to deliver the coffin to the grave site. At the last instant, the metal lid of the casket was ripped off, and the body was rolled into the grave, in keeping with an Islamic tradition...
...political challenges that confronted Gorbachev included the first walkout of the session, staged by members from Lithuania, one of the country's three Baltic republics and a hotbed of nationalism. They were provoked by a plan, backed by Gorbachev, to establish a commission empowered to have the final say on constitutional disputes. Baltic deputies viewed the proposal as one more way for Moscow to impose its will on the 14 non-Russian republics. "Our electors ordered us to take care of the sovereignty of our republics," declared Romas Gudaitis, a writer and deputy from Lithuania. Gorbachev was clearly exasperated...
...toward the end, when his various illnesses made it impossible for him to follow events closely. The dismissal of Montazeri, in the opinion of many experts, put increased power in the hands of the pragmatic Rafsanjani, who is also Commander in Chief of the Iranian armed forces. In the final months of Khomeini's life, the spotlight also turned on his son, Ahmed Khomeini, 43, who has lately been increasingly visible in public life. In his zeal and rigid ideology, Ahmed appears to be very much his father...
...frontier mythology through the eyes of two mail-order brides. Henley's underlying theme seems to be the way people change during the course of life, often swapping roles with intimates: the exuberant pioneer gradually becomes a timid drudge, while her starry-eyed friend hardens into an adventurer. The final scenes do too much too fast and too vaguely. But the script has the makings of Henley's best work since her stunning debut in Crimes of the Heart...